We would like to welcome Stevens & Bolton as new Benefactor of the Spanish Chamber.
Stevens & Bolton LLP is a leading full service top 100 UK law firm with a single office in Guildford, just outside London. They advise a number of the top 100 and other UK FTSE companies, as well as many other substantial international groups and entrepreneurs, working with businesses and lawyers all around the world including various clients and other contacts in Spain.
They are expert in all the legal areas any business needs to consider when setting up or operating in the UK, having close relations with other professional advisors, and providing a full range of services, from advising on points of law through to providing full project management for a start-up business in the UK.
They are also a recommended partner firm in the Department for International Trade Advisory Network.
Should you want to learn more about our new Benefactor, please visit their website: www.stevens-bolton.com
The Spanish Chamber of Commerce hosted a very special event on Thursday 11th February. Our Patrons and Benefactors had the unique opportunity to attend a wine and Ibérico ham tasting in one of the most outstanding suites of Grange Hotels, Patron of the Chamber.
To start off the evening, our top-tier members were welcomed at the Presidential Suite of the Grange City Hotel, with a glass of delicious Anna de Codorníu Brut Rosé kindly provided by Codorníu Raventós, Patron of the Chamber, while enjoying the breathtaking views of the City of London.
Codorníu Raventós and Spanish Ham Master, Patron and member of the Chamber respectively, provided a delicious wine and ham for the event.
The event was a perfect chance to foster relationships between our top-tier members and develop new professional relations.
Igor Urra, our Secretary General, requested attention in order to thank all the attendees and to briefly introduce the speakers for the event. He announced Óscar Urrutia, Rioja & Prestige Wines Manager at Codorníu who, as a wine expert, engaged the audience with the history of Bodegas Bilbaínas, the oldest bottler of wine in Spain and nowadays part of Codorníu Group. He took our guests through the evolution of the vineyards and milestones achieved since its foundation, highlighting how the winery has maintained the personal style that has given its flagship label, Viña Pomal, international presence.
Óscar Urrutia, Prestige Wine Manager at Grupo Codorníu and wine expert during his engaging speech about Bilbaínas Winery.
Mr. Urrutia then gave way to José Sol, ham master carver in the UK and founder of Spanish Ham Master, Member Company of the Chamber. He opened his speech with a little history of the business, since its birth in 2010 as a company dedicated to covering events around the Jamón World. Mr. Sol explained how his company is specialised in events around the world of ham, giving support and advice in the business industry. He also showed his pride of being the ambassador of 5J-Cinco Jotas, known as the best ham in the world.
José Sol, ham master carver and founder of Spanish Ham Master, during his friendly and pleasant presentation.
Once the speeches had finished Patrons and Benefactors had the opportunity to mingle while attending a first-class carving service guided by one of the top ham carvers in London and to pair it with the superb velvety flavoured Viña Pomal Reserva.
We would very much like to thank everyone who shared this evening with us. We are also extremely grateful to Grange Hotels, for having kindly hosted this event giving us the opportunity to enjoy the astonishing views over London’s skyline and helping us to create a fantastic atmosphere.
The spacious suite allowed the guests to mingle in a relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere
Likewise, we are also sincerely grateful to Codorníu Raventós for their continuous support providing the cava and red wine and to Spanish Ham Master, member of the Chamber, for having kindly provided once again Ibérico ham for this unique event.
Should you want to have a hint of the activities we organise for our members, do not miss the opportunity to join us at future events by signing up to our weekly newsletter or browsing our Upcoming Events section on our website.
2016 has already started and we do not want to lose the opportunity to wish you a Happy New Year from all at the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain.
And there is no better way to kick off the New Year than with a season full of activities for our Patrons. This year, our calendar is busier and more varied than ever for our top-tier members. Benefactor and Patrons will have the unique opportunity to experience the different events we have organised for them during the first trimester.
To start with, on Tuesday 9th February 2016 we are holding an exclusive lecture in collaboration with OMFIF, the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum, which is an independent platform for dialogue and research in finance and economics.
Attendees will have the unique opportunity to network after the lecture.
The lecture will be guided by Mr. Luis M. Linde, Governor of the Banco de España and member of the ECB’s Governing Council, in which he will discuss the outlook for the Spanish economy and the results of December’s election.
In the same week, we are glad to announce that we are hosting a very special tasting on 11th February organised in collaboration with Codorníu Raventós, Patron of the Chamber and Spanish Ham Master, member of the Chamber
Dazzling views of the City of London from the Presidential Suite of The Grange City Hotel
The event will be held at The Grange City hotel which is part of Grange Hotels, Patron of the Chamber. Our guests will have the privilege to enjoy the superb views from one of the suites of this outstanding hotel while tasting delicious Ibérico ham and enjoying a wine tasting that will be guided by an expert.
Finally, the Spanish Chamber is pleased to announce that the traditional Annual Patron’s Dinner will be held on 14th March at the Spanish Embassy. On this truly special occasion we are pleased to count on Mr. Xavier Rolet, Chief Executive of the London Stock Exchange Group, as our Guest of Honour. This annual dinner is an exclusive event for Patrons of the Chamber which acknowledges the support provided by this membership category.
Patrons will enjoy a delicious dinner at one of the tastefully decorated rooms of the Spanish Embassy
Should you want to move a step further and get a taste of the exclusive benefits that our associates enjoy, this may be the perfect option for your business. If you want to know more about the benefits of becoming a Benefactor o Patron member, we suggest you visit the sections Benefactors and Patrons respectively.
And remember that most of our activities are open to ordinary members and non-members as well, so you can also take part in the events we organise. Do not miss the opportunity to join us at future events by signing up to our weekly newsletter or browsing our Upcoming Events section on our website.
Are you a Spanish company based in the UK or thinking about establishing your business here? Or are you perhaps a British company interested in exporting to Spain or creating commercial links in the country? Do you not fall in either of these categories but still you would like to foster business connections with Spanish and British professionals?
If you fall into any of the above, you may have wondered whether becoming a member of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain could help you with your business activity and in which way.
If so, let us go over briefly some of the benefits you could achieve by joining the Chamber. Different companies face different challenges, but thanks to the three membership categories we offer we are able to provide the best solution for each business. We hope this post helps you understand which one suits your business’ needs better.
In order to try what being a member is at an affordable price you can opt for joining us through the basic membership category. This would allow companies to participate in all activities and events organised by the Chamber and thus broaden their network of business contacts.
Our Corporate Members benefit from participating in several networking events during the year
They would also gain exposure by including contact details and logo in our Members’ Directory section on our website www.spanishchamber.co.uk as well as a special announcement of new membership in our newsletter. They would benefit from great discounts in all our services and online advertising packages and they would have access to Member2Member Offers.
For further information on this membership category and prices, please visit the Become a Member section of our website.
If your company is a large SME and you want to move a step further and get a taste of the exclusive benefits that our top-tier members enjoy, this may be the perfect option for your business. In addition to receiving the same benefits as those companies in the basic membership category, Benefactors are entitled to additional spaces to our activities and can attend one of our Patrons’ Club exclusive events per year.
Our Benefactors enjoy participating in some exclusive events with our Patrons
This category will be of special interest to companies with perhaps presence both in Spain and in the UK or even with two separate lines of business, as they could appear listed on our Member’s List with two different profiles. Besides which, Benefactors receive wider visibility across our network and can publish up to two articles in our blog and one advert in our newsletter per year and free of charge.
You can find the full list of benefits for this category on the Benefactors section of our website.
If becoming a Benefactor seems interesting, but you are after long-term presence and visibility at an institutional level, we would highly recommend the Patron membership, our top-tier category. Our Patrons receive all the benefits encompassed in the lower categories plus wider exposure through different channels. For instance, their logos are permanently displayed on our website and weekly newsletter. They also have priority in receiving invitations for exclusive events as well as participation in our Patron’s Club activities.
Our Patrons celebrating the traditional Patrons Annual Dinner at the Spanish Embassy
Further details about Patrons’ benefits and annual fees can be found here.
Regardless of the category you decide to join us with, as a member of the Spanish Chamber you would also have access to different tools and communication channels that will allow you to maximise your visibility and exposure. For further information on this, please click here.
With more than 320 corporate members and a network of almost 3,000 contacts we are a big family that keeps growing every year. If you are not yet a member and are considering becoming one, do not hesitate to contact us for any questions you may have. We would be happy to welcome you as one of our associates.
And remember that most activities are open to non-members as well, so you can first have a taste of the kind of events we organise. Do not miss the opportunity to join us at future events by signing up to our weekly newsletter or browsing our Upcoming Events section on our website.
As Santa is soon coming to town, we wanted to say goodbye to this intense and rewarding year and extend our best wishes for 2015 to you.
And what better way to do it than celebrating with style our Informal Christmas Party next Tuesday 9th December? If you have not registered yet, then hurry up as places are running out fast! Mahiki will host this for the consecutive second year. This last event of 2014, offering to our cold and rainy London’s winter a warm and cheerful Hawaiian twist. It will be a second to none opportunity to say goodbye to fellow members and colleagues until next year. So if you want to join us, hurry up and book it now here!!
But now, before closing down this exciting year, it is time to look back at some of the activities and events we have organised throughout. Rightly, at the top of our list, we find the recent VI Annual Gala Dinner, that took place on 27th November. It was a resounding successful, as around 230 fellow members gathered under the presiding of H.E. The Ambassador of Spain and Mr. César Alierta, Executive Chairman and CEO of Telefónica, as our Guest of Honour.
Members of the Executive Committee of the Spanish Chamber with our Guest of Honour, Mr. César Alierta, at our VI Annual Gala Dinner
At the beginning of the year and as a brand new initiative, the Spanish Chamber of Commerce launched officially on 31st January the first meeting of the Financial Forum at the Spanish Embassy. Its main function is to bring Spanish professionals from the City together and provide them with a platform to promote dialogue, share best practices within the financial sector and exchange ideas about the current economic and financial context. This gathering was followed by two others in May and July, the last one being held at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
In April, we held the Annual Golden Award, which was hosted at the Spanish Embassy in London. This event rewards a Spanish company for its outstanding performance during the previous year in the UK, and the distinction in this edition went to Aena Aeropuertos.
Furthermore, we would like to highlight that the 127th edition of our Annual General Meeting took place in June followed by a unique lunch held at one of London’s most iconic landmarks: The House of Lords, within the Palace of Westminster. The event was kindly hosted by Lord Brennan, QC, and had also the pleasure to count on Lord Bell, Chairman of Bell Pottinger, as our Guest of Honour for this special occasion.
Lord Brennan, in our Annual General Meeting hosted at the House of Lords
In addition to the above, the Spanish Chamber has also developed a wide range of activities, including seminars, networking events and informal parties, such as theInternationalWine Tasting Event, the Elevator’s Pitch, a popular speed networking activity, Halloween Informal Party, to name just a few.
Moreover, the Patrons’ Club has offered five exclusive activities for our Patrons in 2014, which have included the traditional annual dinner at the restaurant Ametsa with Arzak Instruction, a tour “Behind the scenes” at London City Airport and an exquisite Tasting at the New Pantry at The Marylebone Hotel in collaboration with The Doyle Collection, just to mention some of them.
Visit to the London City Airport and Dinner at the restaurant Ametsa with Arzak Instruction, two of the activities of the Patrons’ Club
On the other hand, in September, the XVI Edition of our Graduate European Programme kicked off. This year 16 participants will be carrying out work-experience at London based companies for 6 months. The programme includes Business English classes and workshops at Regent’s University London to complement the participants’ work experience.
Last but not least, our Trade and Business Development Department has kept busy and delivered several commercial agendas and trade missions. Among them, we would like to highlight the work we did in cooperation with the Chambers of Commerce of Madrid and Teruel, consisting of trade missions aimed at helping several companies from those regions to enter the British market.
Additionally, our General Secretary, Igor Urra, travelled toGirona participating in a gathering between companies from different sectors and the Chamber of Commerce. The aim was to advise and inform these companies interested in entering the UK market about the different commercial services the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain could offer them to support them in the process. Our advice was warmly welcomed as this gathering resulted in the development of trade missions with some of these companies.
It is also worth mentioning, the first edition of “A Coruña Exporpymes”, a trade fair organised in October by La Coruña Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with the Spanish Chamber. It was a perfect occasion for Galician producers to present their products/ services from different sectors such as food, wine, jewellery and construction, among others, to British companies.
Our Secretary General, Igor Urra, in A Coruña Exporpymes, one of the trade missions we organised this year
Moreover, the department has successfully developed a new service: Commercial Presentations. This is a similar service to commercial agendas, but with a less commercial focus, aimed at increasing the awareness of the company with potential contacts. The commercial presentation service is especially suitable for companies that work in a mature sector. It consists of the delivery of a market proxy, identifying and introducing the products of the client company to suitable contacts. In case potential partners show interest in the products, we would support with the information management and even organise a meeting between both parties.
There is also cause for celebrating the introduction of a new membership category, the Benefactors, especially suitable for larger SME’s and companies who want to take their membership one step further and get a taste of our exclusive advantages for Patrons. At this moment, this intermediate level of membership is available exclusively by invitation to existing corporate members of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain.
We are very grateful to our members for their continuous support across all the different activities we have carried out this year, and for the ones to come in 2015. Special thanks as well to all those companies who have shown interest in our events and have participated in some of them over the past 12 months.
So, to put it in a nutshell, we can only make our farewells by wishing you “Merry Christmas and Happy 2015!”, a year that will come full of surprises and interesting activities. So, be prepared!
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